Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 107454

Insolvency Service: Staff

Tabled: 21 January 2026

Answered: 26 January 2026

Question

Neil O'Brien

Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason (a) the number of staff and (b) staff costs have increased at The Insolvency Service since April 2017.

Answer

Blair McDougall

The Insolvency Service has expanded its responsibilities in respect of resourcing the transfer of criminal enforcement functions from the Department, work to distribute payments to creditors from Payment Protection Insurance realisations, and the Insolven...

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